The Housewifely Routine

My contract wrapped up on Monday so for now I am officially unemployed. Don't feel sad though - very exciting things are happening on the job front for both of us - just a matter of signing paperwork now! It still means, however, that I have around nine weeks of "down time" ahead and the changes in SB's job mean it is unlikely he is going to be able to take much time off at all! Our beach holiday plans have gone down the can.

So what's a girl to do when she's on her own for a few weeks? If she's a nerdy super-planner like me, she makes a routine!

I'm wanting to embrace all the opportunities available to me - I doubt that there will be any time in the future where I will be as free to chase those opportunities as I am now (with my stupendously wonderful fiance's support). I'm also wanting to remain flexible - Bestie is on maternity leave in two weeks and I want to be as available as I can be to her and to my mum as she starts her new chemo. Thus - the guidelines!

The weekends take care of themselves! We don't have a single weekend day free between now and Christmas and I'm so looking forward to the fun those events will entail! It's the weekdays that have the potential to drive me mental! I do deserve some time to relax - especially after the insanity of the last ten or so weeks - but I don't want to settle into the complacency of slothfulness! Likewise, I want to get some big days out in but I do need to be aware of budget - we are a one-income household as my holiday pay has already been earmarked for different things. So....

Each week will have 1-2 Weekday As, 2-3 Weekday Bs and 1 Big Day Out - in theory. Let me show you how this works for next week:

2 comments:

I love how organised you are! To be more productive at home I've downloaded a to-do list app for my ipod, it keeps me focused on getting things done when I need to, structure works much better for me too.

About Me

I'm a 20-something woman living in Auckland, New Zealand. I'm getting married to SB - my other half, my darling, my "stunning buns" - in June and love having met my soul-dork! I teach English Lit and Drama at a high school level and enjoy working with teens - crazy I know!

I also run a small business called Bee Of Service - see the link below - and attempt to be a domestic goddess... I don't think I know how to be bored! Occasionally you'll also see posts on this page about my struggles with PCOS, what it's like to have a sister with intellectual disabilities and how I cope with having a parent with incurable cancer. But it's mostly the rainbow farts of unicorns!